Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:22 pm
Now and then we get this question. It is (most likely) becuse there is no, or faulty, information about your monitor and then to protect it the resolution is set low.
There is a mechanism to fetch this that failed I think
I have never heard of Sceptre (and I know a bit about hardware) so there may be some hurdle.
Look at the specs for your display and search for something like
This is then to go into your xorg.conf file (don't remember how this is handled when you reconfigure and you could have gone for the faulty default) Like this
So check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
If the figures in the specs and in xorg.conf does not match we have found the cause and you have to change the section accordingly.
First backup
then edit
This is if it's the gnome version
For KDE use kdesu kate and for XFCE sudo mousepad but the rest is the same
There is a mechanism to fetch this that failed I think
I have never heard of Sceptre (and I know a bit about hardware) so there may be some hurdle.
Look at the specs for your display and search for something like
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Scanning Frequency
25-82 kHz (H), 50-75 Hz (V)
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Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 25.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh 50-75
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
If the figures in the specs and in xorg.conf does not match we have found the cause and you have to change the section accordingly.
First backup
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sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
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sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
For KDE use kdesu kate and for XFCE sudo mousepad but the rest is the same